Podcasts

The Buzz: Fidelma Russo makes the economic case for on-prem AI as HPE unveils Morpheus 9 and Vultr buys big

HPE Discover day three brings the economics argument: continuous AI agents cost $13,000 per month in the public cloud, while HPE’s own MindStone platform runs 30 times cheaper on-prem. Plus, Vultr buys HPE and NVIDIA Blackwell Ultra gear, and Morpheus 9 launches with a migration freebie.

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HPE’s Jeremiah Jenson on the power of one: what the Partner Growth Summit announcements mean for Canadian partners

HPE’s Jeremiah Jenson unpacks the Partner Growth Summit announcements – Juniper into Partner Ready Vantage, channel-only products including Zerto, and a new partner-branded services model – and what the “power of one” actually means for Canadian resellers and MSPs.

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AI starts with the network: an HPE Discover 2026 preview with Jeremiah Jenson

HPE Discover 2026 opens today in Las Vegas. We sat down with Jeremiah Jenson, HPE’s vice president of North America channel, to preview the show – from the “architecting AI starts with your network” theme to what the week means for Canadian partners watching from home.

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The Buzz: HPE Discover kicks off, Cato Networks launches integration hub, and Checkmarx report flags CISO pressure on security compliance

HPE Discover opens in Las Vegas today with the partner-exclusive Partner Growth Summit leading the way. Also in Monday’s briefing: Cato Networks launches 100-plus integrations, and Checkmarx data shows 95 per cent of CISOs are being pressured to delay security issues.

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All in on Dell: Turning Point’s Josh Singh on the single-vendor bet, AI for SMB, and why backup is the last line of defense

Josh Singh of Turning Point – the Vancouver solution provider that operates exclusively on Dell in the data center – brings a rare dual perspective to DTW: nearly a decade inside Dell followed by leading sales at one of Canada’s most committed Dell partners. The conversation covers AI adoption, data resilience, and navigating a market in disruption.

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It all comes back to storage: ESTI’s Earl Gosick on AI infrastructure, cyber resilience, and the Prairie data center opportunity

Storage specialist Earl Gosick of ESTI Consulting Services brings a 35-year Prairies perspective to Dell Technologies World, covering AI infrastructure economics, the reality of cyber recovery, and a genuinely compelling data center opportunity building in Saskatchewan and Alberta.

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Dell moved 10k partners to distribution-led buying – and says they’re growing faster for it

Dell’s Anthony Tanoury unpacks the structural shift underway in how Dell goes to market through distribution – including a significant move to distribution-led buying, the promise of deal reg in hours instead of days, and why AI accelerator programs are the most underutilized resource in the channel right now.

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On site at SAS Innovate: global channel chief John Carey on the shift to indirect, the TD SYNNEX bet, and the case for the transparent box

When John Carey joined SAS Institute four years ago, his mandate was to rethink what partnering looked like for a company with a long advisory and delivery history but limited co-sell and no resell motion. Recorded on site at SAS Innovate 2026, Robert Dutt talks to the senior vice president of global channels about what he found, what he built, and where SAS’s channel goes from here.

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